Agricola I - Wikipedia
Agricola I is a 1952 abstract sculpture by American artist David Smith. The artwork is located on the grounds at and in the collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., United States. The word "agricola" means "farmer" in Latin. [1] [2] This work is the first in the Agricola series by Smith. [3]
Untitled (Study for Agricola I) - David Smith Viewing Room
A pivotal work in David Smith’s oeuvre, ‘Untitled (Study for Agricola I)’ (1951) is the precursor to the seminal ‘Agricola’ series, the artist’s first major group of sculpture.
Smithsonian American Art Museum Acquires “Agricola IV” by David Smith
The Smithsonian American Art Museum announced today that it is acquiring “Agricola IV” by David Smith, one of the most influential and celebrated American sculptors of the 20th century. The sculpture, which is from a pivotal period in the artist’s career, is a gift from long-time museum supporters Sam Rose and Julie Walters.
David Smith Sculptures, Bio, Ideas - TheArtStory
2012年3月9日 · Agricola V (along with all of the work in the Agricola series) was created using elements from old farm tools, a formal and aesthetic decision that demonstrates the artist's lasting connection to the materials and ethos of industrialized America. In this piece, Smith combined this distinctly American perspective, his interest in totemic forms ...
New Acquisitions: David Smith Sculpture - Smithsonian …
2015年12月21日 · SAAM has just announced it is acquiring David Smith’s Agricola IV, a ground-breaking sculpture by one of the country’s most important artists. Agricola IV is a major addition to the museum’s presentation of American art in the twentieth century. Sculpture curator, Karen Lemmey, tells us some details about Smith’s work.
He also began to create work in series, first with the Agricolas, welded steel constructions that incorporated parts of farm tools, and then with the Tanktotems that incorporated concave and convex elements supplied by industrial boiler tank tops that he ordered from a factory.
David Smith (1906-1965), Agricola XIII | Christie's
In Agricola XIII, David Smith reincarnates steel farming implements into a sculpture as impossibly elegant as the Grande Odalisque’s endless spine. The sculpture’s poetic economy of form serves as an homage to the farmers who used industrial tools to work the land of Bolton Landing, New York, where Smith had a home and studio.
David Smith (1906-1965), Agricola IV | Christie's
Composed of old farm implements, the extraordinary shapes and forms in David Smith’s monumental Agricola IV ushered in a remarkable new era in the artist’s career. Nearly two decades after he had constructed his first steel sculpture, Smith began his series of seventeen Agricolas in 1951.
(#30) David Smith - Sothebys.com
Poignantly levitating above the earth in a dazzling tableau of chiseled light and air, David Smith’s Agricola VI from 1952 is a radiant and bold exemplar from Smith’s extraordinary series of Agricola sculptures. Smith’s profound body of work independently expanded the realm of sculptural possibility, challenged the boundaries of three ...
‘Agricola IX‘, David Smith, 1952 - Tate
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